Luxembourg general election, 1931

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Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 1931, electing 25 of the 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the centre and north of the country, as well as two seats in the south. [1] [2] The Party of the Right won 14 of the 27 seats, and saw its total number of seats rise from 24 to 26. [2]

Luxembourg Grand duchy in western Europe

Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is one of the three official capitals of the European Union and the seat of the European Court of Justice, the highest judicial authority in the EU. Its culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its neighbours, making it essentially a mixture of French and German cultures, as evident by the nation's three official languages: French, German, and the national language, Luxembourgish. The repeated invasions by Germany, especially in World War II, resulted in the country's strong will for mediation between France and Germany and, among other things, led to the foundation of the European Union.

The Party of the Right, abbreviated to PD, was a political party in Luxembourg between 1914 and 1944. It was the direct predecessor of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which has ruled Luxembourg for all but five years since.

Results

PartyVotes% [a] Seats
ElectedNew total+/–
Party of the Right 348,65246.01426+2
Luxembourg Workers' Party 153,80519.2515+3
Radical Socialist Party 78,4649.224–2
Radical Party (Marcel Cahen) 65,8617.922+1
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class 46,4466.922New
Progressive Democratic Party of the North 35,7025.311New
Independent Party 40,5694.7120
Communist Party of Luxembourg 6,2640.700New
Independent Left 20
Invalid/blank votes3,878
Total69,4981002754+2
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency. [3]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1261
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1254